Győr Victims at Auschwitz

Background

Jews are mentioned living in the city of Győr, Hungary, as early
as the 15th century. From 1748, the Jews were restricted to living
on the island of Győr-Sigat, a restriction that was kept, at least
partially, for about 100 years.

In the second half of the 19th century, the Jews were prominent as grain
exporters and many started factories. The Jewish population, 3,051 in
1869, reached a peak of 5,904 in 1920 (12% of the total population of the
city).

In 1941, 4,688 Jews remained. In May 1944, the Jews were confined
to a ghetto on the island. On 7 June they were brought to a temporary
camp near the city with other Jews from the area, and on 11 June were sent
via Kassa to Auschwitz. After the war, several hundred returned to
Győr, but by 1956 only a few remained.

Database

This collection consists of 15 pages of names (surnames and given names),
of victims deported to Auschwitz. The list was apparently made by a
communal organization. In many cases, it appears that the list contains
married couples. There are a number of cases were there was a male name,
such as ADLER Oszkŕr, followed by ADLER Oszkŕrné. The "né" at the end
of the male name is the equivalent of "Mrs."

The fields in the database are as follows:

Surname

Given Name

Title

The following are the explanations for the Hungarian abbreviations
and words in the "Title" field:

Abbreviation

Hungarian

English

Hitk.

Hitkozség

Congregation

Ifj.

Ifju / Ifjabb

Youth / Junior

Ózv.

Ózvegyasszony

Widow

Orth.

Orthodox

Orthodox

Elnňk

President

Alelnňk

Vice-President

Fňrabbi

Head Rabbi

Acknowledgments

The information contained in this database was indexed as part of the
data sharing agreement between Yad
Vashem and JewishGen. Thanks to Zvi Bernhardt and the Hall of Names
staff, the data was provided from the files of Yad Vashem (Collection # O
15 Group 23.4.3). Zvi Bernhardt also supplied a draft of the background
information for this introduction. This information is accessible to you
today thanks to the effort of the following JewishGen volunteers who are
responsible for the data entry and validation of this file: Nolan Altman
(coordinator), Carol Edan, Harry Green, Norman Greenfield, Joan Parker and
Paula Zeiselman. Thanks also to Tom Klein and Carol Robinson, both from
H-SIG, for assistance with the translation of Hungarian words and titles.

In addition, thanks to JewishGen Inc. for providing the website and
database expertise to make this database accessible. Special thanks
to Susan King, Warren Blatt and Michael Tobias for their continued
contributions to Jewish genealogy. Particular thanks to the
Research Division headed by Joyce Field and to Nolan Altman,
coordinator of Holocaust files.